Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
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In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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A couple that were out walking on their property in Sierra Nevada discovered a canister containing $10 million in gold coins.
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The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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In 1996, an Iraqi man named Sam Eisho moved to Australia and used the welfare system as income. Some years later, he became successful and wrote a cheque for more than $18,000 to the Australian Government (every cent they gave him).
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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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